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NEW YORK (AP) — Anglican leaders on Thursday temporarily restricted the role of the U.S. Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the American church's acceptance of gay marriage.
Episcopalians have been barred for three years from any...

The Obama administration is planning to expand a program to let would-be migrants from Central America apply for refugee status before they attempt to come to the U.S., Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday.

Speaking in Dearborn on Wednesday, the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to reach out to local Muslims, saying that Islam is a religion of peace while also calling upon the community speak up against extremism to counter ISIS.

The campaign-trail bickering over the past few days between Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz could come to a head during tonight's GOP debate.
"Cruz now finds himself in the cross hairs where pretty much everyone else has found themselves with Donald Tr...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said he will amend his financial reports from his 2012 U.S. Senate bid to reflect a nearly $1 million loan if federal authorities determine the amendment is necessary.
Cruz, in response t...

Now that President Barack Obama has decided to try bypassing Congress to pursue firearms measures through executive action, the American public has predictably taken sides.
National polls suggest most Americans are OK with the president's measures. But fire...

A local judge in Oregon has raised the prospect of making the armed militia occupying a federal wildlife refuge pay as much as $75,000 a day for the toll the standoff is costing the rural county.
Harney County judge Steve Grasty, a vocal critic of the milit...

In the political fight over immigration, a few little words can make a big difference. So when Miami Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart gave the Republican Party’s response in Spanish to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday, he offered an immigration...